Workshops

A linkage created in the Linkage Lab workshop

Linkage Lab

Grades 3-5 & 6-8 Overview Students are introduced to engineering as they explore the role of force and motion in…

A student builds a mechanical linkage during the Linkages and Moving Toys workshop

Linkages and Moving Toys

Grades 1-2 Overview Students engage in problem-solving as they explore linkages in this hands-on engineering design activity. They design and…

Students participate in the Engineering with Hydraulics workshop and build a hydraulic contraption

Engineering w/Hydraulics

Grades 3-5 & 6-8 Overview Students are introduced to engineering and properties of fluids as they envision and build a…

A student constructs an invention during the Make It Move workshop

Make it Move

Grades 1-2 Overview Students engage in problem solving as they make inventions using simple hydraulic systems. They think like engineers…

A student places a ball on a ramp

Motion Commotion

Grades TK/K Overview Students explore the ups and downs of force and motion through playful investigations with balls and creative…

Close up of gloved hands dissecting squid

Squid: The Inside Story

Grades 3-5 & 6-8 Overview How do squid swim? Catch prey? Eat? Reproduce? Is ink a means to escape predators?…

A child wearing safety goggles is conducting a science experiment using dry ice.

Dry Ice Investigations

Grades 3-5 & 6-8 Overview “Why does it do that? What would happen if…?” Dry ice inspires students to create…

A circuit science activity

Circuit Solutions

Grades 3-5 & 6-8 Overview There’s a heat wave, and the cooling fans of Hot Town Elementary School aren’t working…

A student holds up her slime during a slime engineering activity

Slime

Grades 1-2 Overview Is slime a solid, a liquid, or something in between? Students consider the differences between these states…